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from the Nothing But Reading Challenges group.
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Nominations
Kushiel's Dart
The Man Without Qualities
The Faerie Queene
The Tale of Genji
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
A Little Life
Underworld
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
The Covenant of Water
A Day of Fallen Night
Vanity Fair
Passage
China
Shōgun
The Brothers Karamazov
Grant
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Each year we pick one incredibly large book, split it out across the year, and do a very long buddy read!2024 was The Way of Kings;
2023 Ship of Magic;
2022 Pillars of the Earth;
2021, Gone with the Wind;
2020 War and Peace ;
And 2019 Les Misérables
Anyone is welcome to join the buddy read, but you can only nominate if you intend to join
Nominate Up to three books below that meet the following criteria:
* A minimum of 30 hours on audio according to a reputable site such as audible or overdrive this is slightly less than previous years, as we started to run into mainly classics and it may be time to broaden the options
* Has not been a NBRC BOM previously
* You want to read and intend to join in the Weight Tome read in 2025
* If part of a series, it is book 1 (i.e. you can not nominate a book 2, 3 etc.)
To Nominate:
Post:
The book (link via the "add book/author" option above the comment box)
The description (copy and paste from GR)
The audiolength and source
NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON 20 DECEMBER 2024
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Nominations are closed
VOTING IS OPEN
Please:
> only vote if you intend to join the read.
> read the synopsis of the books so you are clear on your choices
> chose just one book as your first choice (if you choose more than one we will randomly decide for you)
Vote here: https://forms.gle/jJAq4bXapQWPHGtE7
The Afterlife of Holly Chase by Cynthia Hand - December Theme BOM Traditions (starts 16 Dec)
(33 new)
Dec 12, 2024 03:23AM
DQ sets and days announced!
Congratulations!To our Winners - Team Interior Painting
🎨 Sophie (Captain)
🎨 Mel (Co-Captain)
🎨 Karen (Co-Captain)
🎨 Lisa - Aussie Girl
🎨 Sana
🎨 Kat
🎨 Audrey
🎨 Elisabeth
🎨 Richard
And thank you to everyone who participated this year including all of our amazing captains and co-captains! We hope you had a great time
I'm taking requests for any themes you would like to see next year.Shout them out below :)
Kat wrote: "The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker"Alyssa wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4..."
Nominations need to be made as per the Rules in post 1.
Please update if you want to nominate titles
Feed Your Readers, the NetGalley Challenge
Duration: Monthly
How to Participate:
The NetGalley Challenge is designed to not only get you to read your NetGalley books, but to also advertise your reviews for others to see because after all, that's what NetGalley is all about.
Though you may pop in/out at any time, the NetGalley Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.
1. At the beginning of the month, post any/all of the following:
a: How many books on your NetGalley shelf
b: What books are on your NG shelf
c: What your Netgalley feedback ratio is
2. During the month, read the NetGalley books that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)
3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s)**
c: Your updated shelf count
d: Your updated books to read
e: Your updated ratio
Then start a new post for the next month!
**When linking your reviews, please link only to the book(s) here at GoodReads. At this time, linking to a personal blog is not allowed. Thank you!
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How to Participate:The Audiobook Challenge is designed to not only help you to read your audiobooks, but to also find out about other great audiobooks from other challenge participants!
Though you may pop in/out at any time, the Audiobook Challenge will run on a monthly basis so you are able to see progress being made.
There are no minimum page requirements, and you can read abridged or unabridged audiobooks!
1. At the beginning of the month, post :
a: How many audiobooks in total you want to read for the month
b: How many audiobooks in the monthly category you want to read
c: Post the audiobooks (as you decide on them) by linking them to Goodreads in your post
2. During the month, read the audiobooks that you can AND update your post with your reviews. (You can do this after each book or wait until the end of the month.)
3. At the end of the month, update your post and with:
a: What books you read
b: Link(s) to your review(s) - note: can only be linked to Goodreads and not an external site
c: How many audiobooks you have read for this challenge this year
Then start a new post for the next month!
FORMAT YOU CAN COPY AND PASTE:
Start of Month
Total audiobooks to read:
Audiobooks in monthly category to read:
Books in category:
FINISHED
End of Month
Total audiobooks read this year:
Audiobooks in monthly category read:
MY MONTHLY RECOMMENDATION (and why):
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EXAMPLE : (under spoiler)(view spoiler)
~ Monthly Audiobook Challenge ~
Each month we will have a different theme of audiobook for you to listen to.
Read one, two, three, or thirty. Up to you! Just post at the start of the month which books you will read in the category, update through the month and post a link to your Goodreads review (no links to external sites).
Let's find some great audiobooks together!
Duration: Monthly
December 2024 Theme:
◈OMG the year is almost over
Books you wanted to read this year and haven't yet
DQs assigned!As ever - if you can't do you day then swap with a listed back up.
If you have no backup or are late we'll move to the next unique team
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Please nominate an Adult Fiction or a Non Fiction book that you would like to read in the month of February 2025.Nominations will be open until 27 December, UK evening
***Please pay special attention to the Rules and Guidelines listed below.***
Rules and Guidelines
1. Books nominated after the deadline will not be included in the polls. Sorry.
2. Each person is limited to nominating ONE book per category.
3. Please use the add book/author tool located at the top of the comment box when nominating a book. (Please make your nomination clear because side conversations do happen and we don't want to accidentally miss a nomination)
4. Please add the Goodreads synopsis for the book you nominate; optionally you can include a reason why we should read your nomination.
5. Books that were read as a past BOM will not be considered for the poll. (link to the sheet under the spoiler (view spoiler))
6. Books that are #2 or higher in a series will only be considered if all earlier books in the series have been a past BOM.
7. Books must be published at the time of nomination.
8. If your book is successful in being picked as the BOM you are expected to actively participate in the discussion. This will include writing a set of DQs as well as engaging in conversations.
Also, please be aware of your nomination's genre and list them in the appropriate BOM category.
Genres that DO NOT go here:
Young Adult
Middle Grade / Children's
Erotica
The BOM nominations are for our members to nominate a book they are truly interested in and have no affiliation with. Promotional activity is NOT permitted and nominations that the Moderators perceive to be promotional will be deleted without warning
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Theme Book Of the Month
February's BOM Theme is Icy Lands, so we are looking for tales set in or about chilly climes. Time to dig out those non-fiction books of early explorers trying to reach the South Pole or discover the North West Passage? Or perhaps you'd rather curl up under a blanket and read about witches in Siberia or seal hunting in Inuit lands?
Nominations will be open until 27 December, UK evening
***Please pay special attention to the Rules and Guidelines listed below.***
Rules and Guidelines
1. Books nominated after the deadline will not be included in the polls. Sorry.
2. Each person is limited to nominating ONE book per category.
3. Please use the add book/author tool located at the top of the comment box when nominating a book. (Please make your nomination clear because side conversations do happen and we don't want to accidentally miss a nomination)
4. Please add the Goodreads synopsis for the book you nominate; you should also include an explanation of how it fits the theme for the month.
5. Books that were read as a past BOM will not be considered for the poll. (link to the sheet under the spoiler (view spoiler))
6. Books that are #2 or higher in a series will only be considered if all earlier books in the series have been a past BOM.
7. Books must be published at the time of nomination.
8. If your book is successful in being picked as the BOM you are expected to actively participate in the discussion. This will include writing a set of DQs as well as engaging in conversations.
The BOM nominations are for our members to nominate a book they are truly interested in and have no affiliation with. Promotional activity is NOT permitted and nominations that the Moderators perceive to be promotional will be deleted without warning
Oh dear! You have made an error in one of your Gardening Minis - G45. That task, like the rest in that section of the mini, requires the criteria to be met within one WORD in the title, not across the title.
As you have not finished set 2, we have backed out all books put in for set 3. You have to complete G45 before you can move on to set 3. You can't use any books from Round 3, but any that work from Round 4 can be used
Ashley wrote: "Mods, is this one of the counted BOMs? I didn't see it on our main tracking sheet, and (for whatever reason) didn't think/see that it was a part of the challenge, and wasn't monitoring it. I apologize. I will message Carrie and see if she can hurry up and post.."It wasn't listed on the BOM sheet as it was unplanned. The BOM sheet is just a helpful guide, though, given most of the BOMs weren't listed in it! There was a notice about it in the monthly newsletter, though.
If Carrie can post in the next few hours then great, but as no one else from Overdue Bill volunteered for DQs then no one else can cover for the slot. Sorry!
